ARTFUTURA

#Festivals of the WorldSat.20 / 16:55 - 18:00

2nd Floor

ArtFutura explores projects and ideas in the international panorama of digital culture, new media, interactive design, video games and 3D animations. Its activities include conferences, workshops, interactive installations, exhibitions and live performances. Participants at ArtFutura have included thinkers like William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Howard Rheingold as well as artists like David Byrne, Theo Jansen, Moebius, Toshio Iwai, Improv Everywhere, Ryota Kuwakubo, Brian Eno, Tomato, Blast Theory and many others.

The festival is held every year in more than twenty cities worldwide including Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Montevideo, Paris, Palma de Mallorca and Punta del Este.

ArtFutura Premiere 2016/2017

The audiovisual program of ArtFutura 2016/2017 is shown in all cities where the festival takes place and includes the latest in Digital Creativity: 3D animation, music videos, motion graphics and everything related to the new aesthetics. It includes works by Nobumichi Asai, Passion Pictures, Tomer Eshed, Josan, Aardman Studios, Moth, Julius Horsthuis and others.

Curator | Montxo Algora

Montxo Algora is the director and founder of ArtFutura, the festival of Digital Culture and Creativity of reference in Spain, taking place in Barcelona since 1990.

In 1992 he directed Memory Palace, a performance show for Expo 92 based on an original text by William Gibson with images by Karl Sims and music by Peter Gabriel and John Paul Jones. In 2008 he co-curated the exhibition “Souls & Machines” for the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, which is, probably, one of the most visited exhibitions of digital art to date, drawing more than 450,000 visitors.

30 Seconds | Devon Stern | U.S.A | 0'30''

The story revolves around a young girl, haunted by « Word » who writes letters. When her writings spread all over the world, the evil tyrant who threatens the world makes its presence known.

Rio 2016 Olympic Games | Passion Pictures | U.K | 2016 | 1'30''

A campaign comparing the vibrant strength of the Olympic athletes with host nation Brazil’s own exotic creatures.

The Future is Now | Josan | Spain | 2016 | 1'54''

An art book, a document that the Robo-President K3n3-DY has ordered everybody must have. It’s a compendium of the present future which will provide all the knowledge about Robo-City 16 and its dwellers.

30 Seconds | Tomás García | Argentina | 2016 | 0'30''

An animated haiku describing the relationship between ourselves and online information.

The Last Job on Earth | Moth | U.K | 2016 | 2'42''

Meet Alice, holder of the last recognisable job on Earth, trying to make sense of her role in an automated world.

Lorn - Anvil | Geriko | France | 2016 | 3'41

The year 2100. In an effort to combat overpopulation, the postmortem social network “Anvil” is released. “Anvil” invites us on a journey through the eyes of a young woman in her final moments on earth.

Diffusion | Kouhei Nakama | Japan | 2016 | 2'25''

Why don’t humans have patterned texture like animals? A questioning on the possibility for people to obtain patterns like animals in the future.

Wad - The End | Branko Jass | Brazil | 2015 | 2'10''

“Inspire the change, encourage challenges, clothe yourself with the initiative to be light and the courage to oppose a system of conformation” We.are.different.

30 Seconds | Matt Frodsham | U.K | 2016 | 0'30''

Watchmen- From Comic to Screen | Vugar Efendi | U.K | 2016 | 3'04''

An exploration of the art of comic books and their inspiration on movies, blockbusters especially, with a particular focus on Watchmen.

Kauyumari el Venado Azul | Arnold Abadie | Mexico | 2015 |3'15''

The tale of how the blue stag Kauyumari guided the wixaritari pilgrims to Wirikuta, where a sacrifice turns it into a peyote, cactus with which these mexican natives connected to their ancestors, assuming his role of guardian of the planet.

Hyper-Reality | Keiichi Matsuda | 2016 | U.K | 2'30''

A provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.

Living with lag | Mediamonks | 2015 | 2'58''

One of the biggest disturbances on the internet is lag. It is often associated with a slow internet connection, usually resulting in delays, buffering, pixels and frozen screens. During two days, four volunteers were let to live with lag, in real life.

The Common Chameleon | Tomer Eshed | 2016 | Germany | 3'33''

In a world where a single chameleon has no natural enemies, this one of a kind creature is destined to hunt for prey.